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Deaths.
The number of deaths during 1907 was 215, a decrease of 65 on the previous
year. This gives a death rate of 7.54 per 1,000. Deducting from these 13 deaths
of non-residents which occurred in Public Institutions in the district the number
of deaths was 202, which gives a death rate of yog per 1,000 The death rate for
1905 was 9.59, and that for 1906, 9.00 per 1,000, but in 1907 the mortality has been
extraordinarily small, and the rate is one which will probably stand for many years
as the lowest on record.
In the first quarter of the year there were 71 deaths which is about the average
number for that quarter for many years past, but the other three quarters only
show 40, 42, and 49 deaths respectively. This low mortality is undoubtedly due to
the mildness of the spring and early winter, and the cool summer.
Infantile Mortality.
The number of deaths of children under 1 year of age was 72, and between
1 year and 5 years 18, as compared with 78 and 43 the previous year. The death
rate for children under 1 year per 1,000 births is 84.5 per 1,000, the rate for the
previous year being 85.62, and the average for 10 years being 122.65.
The number of children under 1 year of age, who died from diarrhosa in 1907,
was 7, as compared with 29 the previous year. Table V. at the end shows the
causes of deaths of children under 1 year, and the respective ages at which death
took place. The decrease in the deaths from diarrhoea was due largely to the
coolness of the summer, this disease is always much more prevalent and fatal during
hot and dry summers—the months of July, August and September being almost the
only ones in which it occurs.
The number of deaths due to premature birth was 9, as compared with 15 the
year before. Bronchitis and pneumonia were each the cause of 9 deaths, as
compared with 2 and 5 the previous year. These deaths occurred chiefly in the
first quarter of the year.
During the first four weeks of life, twenty deaths occurred, the same number
as in 1906, and 40 before the age of three months was attained.
Inquests.
There were 18 Inquests held during the year.
Deaths registered each month :—
January 30
February 22
March 22
April 15
May 20
June 10
July 18
August 15
September 12
October 19
November 12
December 20
Total 215